diff --git a/xos/configurations/cord/make-vtn-networkconfig-json.sh b/xos/configurations/cord/make-vtn-networkconfig-json.sh
index c4506cc..761ccb2 100755
--- a/xos/configurations/cord/make-vtn-networkconfig-json.sh
+++ b/xos/configurations/cord/make-vtn-networkconfig-json.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 FN=$SETUPDIR/vtn-network-cfg.json
 
+echo "Writing to $FN"
+
 rm -f $FN
 
 cat >> $FN <<EOF
@@ -12,6 +14,10 @@
 
 NODES=$( sudo bash -c "source $SETUPDIR/admin-openrc.sh ; nova hypervisor-list" |grep enabled|awk '{print $4}' )
 
+# also configure ONOS to manage the nm node
+NM=`grep "^nm" $SETUPDIR/fqdn.map | awk '{ print $2 }'`
+NODES="$NODES $NM"
+
 NODECOUNT=0
 for NODE in $NODES; do
     ((NODECOUNT++))